I have the following software/instruments:
Windows XP
Calibration Executive 3.5
NI-DMM 3.1
Fluke 5502A Calibrator
A variety of NI DMMs
What I want to do:
Calibrate my NI DMMs using Calibration Executive and the Fluke 5502A Calibrator in automated mode (i.e. not manual mode where the user is prompted to configure each calibrator setpoint)
The problem I'm encountering:
Calibration Executive 3.5 is written such that the Fluke 5500A, 5700A, 5520A, and 5720A are the selectable calibrators (in addition to "Enter Unsupported Instrument" which sends you to manual mode). Within the normal LabVIEW environment, the Fluke 5502A is capable of operating via the same instrument drivers that are available for the Fluke 5500A, if one tells the init VIs to ignore the fact that the 5502A does not return "5500" for it's *IDN? query. However, the same is not true of the Calexec environment (yet). If I select the 5500A as my calibrator within Calexec (when I've actually got the 5502A), I get initialization errors. I need Calibration Executive to accept the 5502A as a "member of the family". Unfortunately the 5502A is not capable of doing a 5500A emulation mode, per feedback from Fluke.